Schools
100 open schools are in scope, including 68 primary and 16 secondary schools. Star Salford Academy is the nearest published school at 423 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
M28 6NS
Walkden North · Salford · England
Updated September 2026
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- Ward
- Walkden North
- Local authority
- Salford
- Constituency
- Bolton South and Walkden
- Postcode district
- M28
- Postcode sector
- M28 6
Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- M28 6NS
- Status
- Terminated
- Introduced
- 1 January 1980
- Terminated
- 1 May 1994
- Postcode area
- M
- Postcode district
- M28
- Postcode sector
- M28 6
- Latitude
- 53.530579
- Longitude
- -2.421780
- British National Grid easting
- 372,139
- British National Grid northing
- 403,850
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- England · E92000001
- Region
- North West · E12000002
- Local authority district
- Salford · E08000006
- Electoral ward
- Walkden North · E05013034
- Parish or community
- E43000160
- Westminster constituency
- Bolton South and Walkden · E14001111
- Output area
- E00028898
- Lower layer super output area
- Salford 002B · E01005704
- Middle layer super output area
- Salford 002 · E02001158
Postcode source versions
- Ordnance Survey: Code-Point Open Version 2026-08 · Current postcode units in Great Britain · OGL-3.0
- Office for National Statistics: ONS Postcode Directory Version 2026-08 · United Kingdom; Northern Ireland excluded pending rights review; Crown Dependencies outside product scope · OGL-3.0 with third-party rights
- Ordnance Survey: Boundary-Line Version 2026-05 · Local-authority boundaries in Great Britain · OS OpenData Licence
Explore M28
Schools
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
- Open schools
- 100
- Primary
- 68
- Secondary
- 16
- 423 m
Star Salford Academy
Free schools
- 516 m
St Paul's Peel CofE Primary School
Voluntary controlled school
- 587 m
Dukesgate Academy
Academy sponsor led
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 6
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 6
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- Not supplied
- Postcode households
- Not supplied
- Residents per household
- Not available
- Postcode sector residents
- Not available
Small counts are adjusted for privacy, so totals can differ slightly between Census tables.
Census Day: 21 March 2021. Sources: ONS/Nomis P001-P004 and ONS CT21_0228. Age table version not available.
GP practices
39
within 5 km straight-line
CHERRY MEDICAL PRACTICE
LITTLE HULTON HEALTH CENTRE, 4 LONGSHAW DRIVE, WORSLEY, MANCHESTER, M28 0BB
ODS code P87630
413 m
DEARDEN AVENUE MEDICAL PRACTICE
LITTLE HULTON HEALTH CENTRE, 4 LONGSHAW DRIVE, WORSLEY, MANCHESTER, M28 0BB
ODS code P87625
413 m
MANCHESTER ROAD EAST MEDICAL PRACTICE
LITTLE HULTON HEALTH CENTRE, 4 LONGSHAW DRIVE, WORSLEY, MANCHESTER, M28 0BB
ODS code P87661
413 m
SALFORD PRIMARY CARE TOGETHER
4 LONGSHAW DRIVE, WORSLEY, MANCHESTER, M28 0BB
ODS code Y00445
413 m
CLEGGS LANE MEDICAL PRACTICE/129
129-131 CLEGGS LANE, LITTLE HULTON, MANCHESTER, M38 9RS
ODS code P87613
513 m
THE GILL MEDICAL PRACTICE
5 HARRIET STREET, WORSLEY, WALKDEN, MANCHESTER, M28 3DR
ODS code P87028
1.7 km
THE LIMES MEDICAL PRACTICE
8-12 HODGE ROAD, WALKDEN, WORSLEY, MANCHESTER, M28 3AT
ODS code P87017
1.8 km
WALKDEN MEDICAL CENTRE
2 HODGE ROAD, WALKDEN, WORSLEY, MANCHESTER, M28 3AT
ODS code P87008
1.8 km
STONEHILL MEDICAL CENTRE
PIGGOTT STREET, FARNWORTH, BOLTON, BL4 9QZ
ODS code P82008
1.9 km
ELLENBROOK MEDICAL CENTRE
14 MORSTON CLOSE, WORSLEY, MANCHESTER, M28 1PB
ODS code P87624
2.2 km
BOOTHSTOWN MEDICAL CENTRE
PARR BRIDGE H&W CENTRE, PARR BRIDGE RETAIL PARK, MOSLEY COMMON ROAD, MANCHESTER, M29 8RZ
ODS code P92605
2.3 km
FARNWORTH FAMILY PRACTICE
FREDERICK STREET, FARNWORTH, BOLTON, BL4 9AH
ODS code P82652
2.4 km
FIG TREE MEDICAL PRACTICE
FREDERICK STREET, FARNWORTH, BOLTON, BL4 9AH
ODS code P82037
2.4 km
KEARSLEY MEDICAL CENTRE
JACKSON STREET, KEARSLEY, BOLTON, BL4 8EP
ODS code P82007
2.9 km
ORCHARD MEDICAL PRACTICE
10 LEIGH ROAD, WORSLEY, BOOTHSTOWN, MANCHESTER, M28 1LZ
ODS code P87627
3.1 km
POPLAR STREET SURGERY
TYLDESLEY HEALTH CENTRE, POPLAR STREET, TYLDESLEY, MANCHESTER, M29 8AX
ODS code Y02321
3.5 km
ELLIOTT STREET SURGERY
145 ELLIOTT STREET, TYLDESLEY, MANCHESTER, M29 8FL
ODS code P92028
3.6 km
THE SURGERY, TYLDESLEY
THE SURGERY, HIGH STREET, TYLDESLEY, MANCHESTER, M29 8AL
ODS code P92033
3.6 km
DR VARDHAN'S SURGERY
10 HIGHER GREEN LANE, ASTLEY, TYLDESLEY, MANCHESTER, M29 7HG
ODS code P92646
3.7 km
BEEHIVE SURGERY
108 CRESCENT ROAD, GREAT LEVER, BOLTON, BL3 2JR
ODS code P82616
3.7 km
Showing 20 of 39 matching practices.
Nearby transport
- 0.0 miles
Little Hulton Precinct
BCT · Little Hulton
- 0.0 miles
Little Hulton Precinct
BCT · Little Hulton
- 0.1 miles
Brakesmere Grove
BCT · Little Hulton
- 0.1 miles
Wynne Street
BCT · Little Hulton
- 0.1 miles
Brakesmere Grove
BCT · Little Hulton
Relative deprivation
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Salford 002B, the published LSOA linked to this postcode. Decile 1 contains the most deprived 10% of English LSOAs and decile 10 the least deprived 10%.
Overall IMD decile
1 of 10
Overall England rank
3,322 of 33,755
- Income
- 2 of 10
- Employment
- 1 of 10
- Education and skills
- 1 of 10
- Health and disability
- 1 of 10
- Crime
- 1 of 10
- Housing and services
- 6 of 10
- Living environment
- 3 of 10
These are relative area statistics, not measures of an individual household, affluence or absolute change. They cannot be compared with indices for other UK nations. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, version 2025-v2.
Evidence in context
Recorded crime
6 published events cover 12 months, averaging 0.5 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 6 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.